BoJamesDuke

Bo bit his bottom lip gently as he looked over to Luke again, not wanting to worry him but needing to know something. "Hey Luke....what if this.....you know...weakness....is permanant? I mean....we dont know exactly what's goin' on in here.....do we." He was pointing to his chest, and it was true. The doctors hadnt actually told them exactly what was wrong with Bo, only that he had an infection... "WHat if I have to be on pills.....or worse....the rest of my life?"

Bo laughed along with him. "Yeah I remember...." He watched as Luke slid down in the bed, knowing that this had wore him out just as much as it had Bo.

Bo shrugged and took a moment to asses everything "My back hurts a little I guess....but I've had worse knocks to my head before....like when ya were younger and you took a swing at me with yer baseball bat and I hit my head on the wall....put a dent in it...."

Bo looked over and smiled, nodding his head. "Better than I have been in a long time."

Too tired and too too preoccupied, Bo didn't notice the worried glances from Jesse and Daisy nor Luke's mouthed words. He sank onto the bed and quickly turned onto his front to spare inflicting anything more onto his back. "Thanks Luke...."

Bo chuckled slightly, accpeting Luke's hand and hoistin himself to his feet, saying sarcastically. "Oh yeah. If you so much as take one step ahead of me right now I'm gonna go runnin' across the yard." He slipped his arm round Luke's waist and started with walking towards the house with him.

At the first touch to the back of his head, Bo flinched and tensed a little before slowly relaxing again and leaning into Luke, wondering how it was that Luke always knew exactly what to say. When had his older cousin become so wise and knowledgeable....he didnt know when because it had seemed that Luke had always known everything, always been there with advice and supportive words.

Bo looked up at Luke, ashamed and upset that he couldn't do the simpliest of things. The look in Luke's eyes and the way he spoke told Bo there was no way he was going to wriggle out of this one, no matter what he did. He looked away and nodded his head, the hand that Luke still had a hold of trembling ever so slightly. He put his free one on the ground and attempted to push himself to his feet.

After a couple more trips to and from the barn, Bo finally managed to get the chores done, but by this time he was practically crawling back to the barn to return the bags. He wouldn't admit it, but his back hurt and his legs felt like lead. He tossed the bags back into their place and sighed deeply before turning around and heading over to chickens to round them up for the night. What he hadn't counted on was those chickens getting under his feet....and his feet being too slow and unresponsive to avoid the inevitable. He tripped and fell backwards, cracking the back of his head against a tree. He gasped and clutched the back of his head, blinking laying sprawled at the bottom of the tree, his back pressed against the trunk.

Bo looked over smiling again at Luke, before bracing himself as he picked up a the two bags of feed he had been filling, hissing silently as it pulled at the welt, slightly amazed that he had any strength at all. He usually would have taken much more than what was in the bags but he couldn't handle that much yet and he knew it. He walked past Luke, smiling affectionatly at the little piglet as he passed, crossing over to Maudine and rubbing her nose gently as she nuzzled his arm. He tipped some of the feed into the small holder and gently scratched behind her ears before moving on.

Bo just laughed and looked over at him with raised eyebrows. "Me? Little? C'mon Luke you know them two words dont go in the same sentence....anybody can see that...all I have to do is stand next to you to prove it." He looked up from the bags of feed and grinned.

Bo jerked as he the yell caught him by surprise, snapping round to see Luke standing there grinning and laughing, knowing that Luke was getting his payback for earlier in the day. He laughs along slightly, still acting mock angry though. "Gees Luke what ya tryin' ta do put me back in the hospital with heart faliure?" He scoops some more feed out the bags, putting them in the different appropriate bags that they carried around as they made their evening rounds.

Bo's grin faltered a little as everyone walked away to get working on their usual routine. He couldn't help but feel a little left out, knowing the minute he tried to help he would probably be told to sit down and rest as per usual nowadays. But as quickly as it faded it snapped back on and he turned to B.L. "Yeah you really should.....we ain't lettin' you stay here free ya know." He grinned and moved to standing before B.L could have the chance to slap the back of his head that she was so fond of doing. He headed carefully over to the barn, watching as B.L laughed and wearily pulled herself to her feet, walking inside the farm house. He quickly ducked behind the barn and checked around for Luke before heading in and over to the bags of feed for the animals.

Daisy nodded laughing. "Yeah....but I can imagine it. I better go help Uncle Jesse with the dinner." With that shr gave Bo another kiss on the cheek before removing her arms and running into the house.

Bo grinned back at Luke, yawning slightly. Daisy grinned and took the $5 from B.L, hugging Bo again. "Thanks for that Bo, that was the easiest $5 I ever made!" Bo laughed and shook his head. "No thanks needed, seeing that look on Rosco's face was thanks enough."

Bo laughs and pokes Luke in the stomach. "Yeah cause ol' Luke here's wastin' away..." Bo grinned at B.L. "Yeah I am chripier....I drove General Lee.." Daisy laughed and tapped B.L "That's 5 bucks you owe me. I told you it was Bo that sent Rosco down that embankment!"

Bo scowled playfully at Luke with a pout, rubbing the back of his head as the girls came over. "Hey girls..." Daisy smiled and wrapped her arms round Bo's shoulders, careful of his back "Hey Bo, I have to say your lookin' miles better sugar!"

Daisy laughed as she pulled into the farmyard. "Yeah they sure do....doesn't Bo look so much better?! Wonder what the heck Luke did to him!" Bo grinned at Luke, laughing slightly and leaning back against the picnic table, starting to feel the sting and pain of the welt on his back again as well as the exhaustion of the day but he was determined to stay awake. He was too happy to go to sleep now and suffer another nightmare.

Bo grinned and reached up to ruffle Luke's hair, something he knew he hated simply because Bo was tall enough to do that....Luke could never figure out how Bo had managed to get so tall. "I know....I gotta help Uncle Jesse control ya somehow!" He too looked to the road and waved as Daisy sped round the corner, B.L riding shotgun

Bo grinned up at the roof. "S'alright cousin....bout time you got yer tail whipped anyhow." He laughed slightly and clamboured out the General, sliding gently to the floor and gingerly making his way across to the closest thing that would support him, the picnic table.

Bo grinned and pointed up to Luke "Yeah his fault....he was teasin' me with 'em..."

Bo sat up straighter and leaned out the window, folded his arms and placed his chin on them, giving him the best puppy dog eyed look he could. "I'm sorry Uncle Jesse....it was just too hard to resist....the keys were just jingling my name...."

Bo looks over from inside the General, smiling and laughing. "Sorry Uncle Jesse....its just habit is all!"

Bo pulled quickly into the farm driveway, grinning wildly and letting out a small grin as he pushed the Dixie horn and scared some of the chickens. He could never resist doing that, never. He turned the engine and slumped in the driver's seat, sighing contentedly, handing the keys back to Luke. "Take 'em off me 'afore I go again..."

Cooter laughed as he got the CB call and looked at the clock. "5 minutes boys, thats gotta be a new record!" Bo laughed and headed for home.